3 Keys to a Successful, Non-Utopian Ministry

The following is a guest post by Casey McCall, Student Ministry Director at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church. Ministry is always easy in the abstract. Have you ever noticed that? I first noticed it several weeks

Top Five Posts in 2014

Prince on Preaching launched in February of 2014 and it has been a great year. Thank you to all our readers! We have had over 62,000 page views in just 10 months. We are looking

5 Favorite Counseling Books I Read in 2014

The following is a guest post by Casey McCall, Director of Biblical Counseling at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need

Temptation, Jesus, Sin, and Same Sex Attraction

Temptation is not the same as sin. Temptation can certainly lead to sin but maintaining the distinction between temptation and sin is vitally important. Getting this wrong destroys our Christology and creates a culture of

Five Favorite Ministry Books I Read in 2014

Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry of a Human Being (2013) Zack Eswine Eswine offers an uncompromisingly honest reflection on pastoral life and ministry as a follower of Christ. In a sea of ministry books that

Christmas and the End of the Curse of Racism

What we celebrate at Christmas is a repudiation of racism and all forms of ethnocentric superiority and segregation. Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew, born of the virgin Mary, and his adoptive father Joseph was

Where is the Interpreter to Learn Proper Hermeneutics?

Where is the interpreter to learn proper hermeneutics? What is the authoritative source that teaches how to rightly handle the Scripture? Can we and should we follow the exegetical practices of the New Testament? Richard

Why Can’t I Find Real Community in the Church?

The following is a guest post by Casey McCall, Student Ministry Director at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church.   “I just don’t feel like this church has the kind of fellowship we need. We’ve just never